Dear Santa.......

It's time to start thinking about what you will be asking Santa Claus for this Christmas!

By sending your child's letter to us here in Santa Claus, Indiana, we'll be sure it gets to him just in time for Christmas!

Children wishing to write to Santa should address their letters to: Santa Claus, P.O. Box 1, Santa Claus, IN 47579. Parents should check that a legible return address is included because with the help of Santa's Elves, Inc., children will receive a response back from him.

Donations to help pay postage costs also may be sent to the same address.

Christmas is Coming!

Now that you've packed away your pumpkins it's time to start planning your family's holiday trip to Santa Claus in Spencer County, Indiana!

The Christmas in Santa Claus Festival is the best place in the Midwest to celebrate the holidays!

Start the day with a tasty pancake breakfast with Santa, check out the Christmas Craft Show, tour Santa's Candy Castle, travel back in time at the Santa Claus Museum and wrap up the day with a twinkling tour of the Festival of Lights in Christmas Lake Village.

The 2006 Christmas in Santa Claus Festival will be held Saturday & Sunday Dec. 9-10. Other highlights include a parade featuring the Jolly Ol' Elf himself, holiday concerts and story time with Santa.

This southern Indiana town is home to the only Post Office in the world with the Santa Claus name. Each year a special picture postmark cancellation stamp is available for holiday mail.

The Rockport Christmas Festival, located in southern Spencer County also will include a breakfast with Santa, Christmas at the Library program, parade and craft show in the vintage county courthouse.

Visitors also can experience a musical celebration of Christmas performed by hometown talents in the Spencer County Courthouse Auditorium. The festival events, sponsored by the Association for a Better Rockport, will take place Saturday Dec. 2, with an additional musical performance on Sunday, Dec. 3. Rockport is home to a beautiful lighted Christmas Star, mounted 150 feet high on a bluff overlooking the Ohio River.

For more information, these unique Christmas experiences, people may call the Spencer County Visitors Bureau, 1-888-444-9252.

Click here for our winter events schedule!